Drought-stricken Australia to cull 10,000 camels for drinking too much water. Twitter is angry

Australia is experiencing its worst drought ever and to take preventive measures culling has begun in the country from today.

Culling is a practice of segregating organisms from a group according to desired or undesired characteristics and then reducing that population by selective slaughter.

In Australia, camels will be shot by professional firearms experts from helicopters. It is being done to prevent the animals from drinking too much water in the drought-affected regions.

The process is expected to take five days.

According to reports, 10,000 camels will be shot today after an order from the Aboriginal leaders in the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) lands.

The camels are being culled because according to locals they have been wrecking havoc searching for water sources. Another reason for the culling is being stated as the greenhouse gas emissions. Camels reportedly emit methane equivalent to one ton of carbon dioxide per year.

After it was announced, netizens have been reacting quite angrily on the decision, given that nearly half a billion animals have already died in the tragic bushfires in Australia. People took to social media to express their concerns.

One user wrote, "True, humans have become the most dangerous living beings!" another wrote, "We don’t deserve this Earth."

Here’s what Twitter is saying:

Seen two articles today with regards to combating global warming:

One is culling 10,000 camels in Australia, basically because they drink too much.

The other is genetically modifying trees to prevent air pollution.

We're seriously blaming the plants and animals?! (@GeebyYu) January 7, 2020

I hope none of our money is going towards the culling of 10,000 camels 2mrw?! (@bornconfused222) January 7, 2020

They're going out & culling 10,000 camels 2mrw (@bornconfused222) January 7, 2020

We don’t deserve this Earth

Australia culling 10,000 camels cause they drink too much water https://t.co/mq53XCSHvD pic.twitter.com/EueAsWubng Totally Innocent (@saltieone808) January 7, 2020

Culling camels..ya'll sick.. MountainReaper (@Ore_DavidArias) January 8, 2020

True, humans have become the most dangerous living beings!!!
##Australia #CamelsCulling pic.twitter.com/NLHf8X8CGM Dr Sundara (@DrSundara3) January 8, 2020

Reportedly, the camel population in the country estimated to total 1.2 million across the country. They were introduced into the region from India and Afghanistan during the 19th century.

In fact, according to National Feral Camel Management Plan's claims, the feral camel population doubles every nine years if a pest control plan is not undertaken.

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